Quantifying Fracture and Reservoir Properties in Unconventional Reservoir from Production Data: A Case Study of Shale Gas Well

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sutthaporn Tripoppoom ◽  
Wei Yu ◽  
Jijun Miao
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Production Data ◽  
Unconventional Reservoir ◽  
Reservoir Properties ◽  
Gas Well

Solidifying Mud Cake to Improve Cementing Quality of Shale Gas Well: A Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Gu ◽  
Ju Huang ◽  
Su Zhang ◽  
Xinzhong Hu ◽  
Hangxiang Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Calcium Silicate Hydrate ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Cement Slurry ◽  
Gas Well ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
Mud Cake ◽  
Gas Bearing

The purpose of this study is to improve the cementing quality of shale gas well by mud cake solidification, as well as to provide the better annular isolation for its hydraulic fracturing development. Based on the self-established experimental method and API RP 10, the effects of mud cake solidifiers on the shear strength at cement-interlayer interface (SSCFI) were evaluated. After curing for 3, 7, 15 and 30 days, SSCFI was remarkably improved by 629.03%, 222.37%, 241.43% and 273.33%, respectively, compared with the original technology. Moreover, the compatibility among the mud cake solidifier, cement slurry, drilling fluid and prepad fluid meets the safety requirements for cementing operation. An application example in a shale gas well (Yuanye HF-1) was also presented. The high quality ratio of cementing quality is 93.49% of the whole well section, while the unqualified ratio of adjacent well (Yuanba 9) is 84.46%. Moreover, the cementing quality of six gas-bearing reservoirs is high. This paper also discussed the mechanism of mud cake solidification. The reactions among H3AlO42- and H3SiO4- from alkali-dissolved reaction, Na+ and H3SiO4- in the mud cake solidifiers, and Ca2+ and OH- from cement slurry form the natrolite and calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) with different silicate-calcium ratio. Based on these, SSCFI and cementing quality were improved.

A Case Study of Hydraulic Fracturing Monitoring in Shale Gas Well Based on DAS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. An ◽  
X. Liang ◽  
G. Yu ◽  
D. Li ◽  
J. Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Gas Well

IMAGING ADDITIONAL OIL AND GAS RESERVES, INTEGRATING WELL PRODUCTION DATA AND 3D SEISMIC AVO CLASSIFICATION TO IMAGE REMAINING OIL AND GAS RESERVES—A CASE STUDY ON THE NGATORO FIELD, TARANAKI, NEW ZEALAND

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 679
Author(s):  
S. Reymond ◽  
E. Matthews ◽  
B. Sissons
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Seismic Facies ◽  
Bright Spot ◽  
Production Data ◽  
3D Seismic ◽  
Reservoir Model ◽  
Reservoir Properties ◽  
Well Production

This case study illustrates how 3D generalised inversion of seismic facies for reservoir parameters can be successfully applied to image and laterally predict reservoir parameters in laterally discontinuous turbiditic depositional environment where hydrocarbon pools are located in complex combined stratigraphic-structural traps. Such conditions mean that structural mapping is inadequate to define traps and to estimate reserves in place. Conventional seismic amplitude analysis has been used to aid definition but was not sufficient to guarantee presence of economic hydrocarbons in potential reservoir pools. The Ngatoro Field in Taranaki, New Zealand has been producing for nine years. Currently the field is producing 1,000 bopd from seven wells and at three surface locations down from a peak of over 1,500 bopd. The field production stations have been analysed using new techniques in 3D seismic imaging to locate bypassed oils and identify undrained pools. To define the objectives of the study, three questions were asked:Can we image reservoir pools in a complex stratigraphic and structural environment where conventional grid-based interpretation is not applicable due to lack of lateral continuity in reservoir properties?Can we distinguish fluids within each reservoir pools?Can we extrapolate reservoir parameters observed at drilled locations to the entire field using 3D seismic data to build a 3D reservoir model?Using new 3D seismic attributes such as bright spot indicators, attenuation and edge enhancing volumes coupled with 6 AVO (Amplitude Versus Offset) volumes integrated into a single class cube of reservoir properties, made the mapping of reservoir pools possible over the entire data set. In addition, four fluid types, as observed in more than 20 reservoir pools were validated by final inverted results to allow lateral prediction of fluid contents in un-drilled reservoir targets. Well production data and 3D seismic inverted volume were later integrated to build a 3D reservoir model to support updated volumetrics reserves computation and to define additional targets for exploration drilling, additional well planning and to define a water injection plan for pools already in production.

scholarly journals What Factors Control Shale-Gas Production and Production-Decline Trend in Fractured Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis and Investigation

SPE Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 562-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
HanYi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Reservoir Model ◽  
Reservoir Properties ◽  
Gas Reservoir ◽  
Gas Well ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Shale Gas Reservoir ◽  
Decline Curve ◽  
Realistic Prediction

Summary One of the most-significant practical problems with the optimization of shale-gas-stimulation design is estimating post-fracture production rate, production decline, and ultimate recovery. Without a realistic prediction of the production-decline trend resulting from a given completion and given reservoir properties, it is impossible to evaluate the economic viability of producing natural gas from shale plays. Traditionally, decline-curve analysis (DCA) is commonly used to predict gas production and its decline trend to determine the estimated ultimate recovery (EUR), but its analysis cannot be used to analyze which factors influence the production-decline trend because of a lack of the underlying support of physics, which makes it difficult to guide completion designs or optimize field development. This study presents a unified shale-gas-reservoir model, which incorporates real-gas transport, nanoflow mechanisms, and geomechanics into a fractured-shale system. This model is used to predict shale-gas production under different reservoir scenarios and investigate which factors control its decline trend. The results and analysis presented in the article provide us with a better understanding of gas production and decline mechanisms in a shale-gas well with certain conditions of the reservoir characteristics. More-in-depth knowledge regarding the effects of factors controlling the behavior of the gas production can help us develop more-reliable models to forecast shale-gas-decline trend and ultimate recovery. This article also reveals that some commonly held beliefs may sound reasonable to infer the production-decline trend, but may not be true in a coupled reservoir system in reality.

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